RUNNING THE EXTRA MILE WHILE WORKING A DAY JOB: THE HANAFI KAKA STORY

Hey guys, it’s been a while but I trust that you’ve kept on the EAT CLEAN LIFESTYLE; the road is never that easy and I am well aware of that. So I went out to look for some more MOTIVATION, one who’s taken to the life of healthy eating and exercise. Meet Hanafi Kaka, a graphics designer at Belva Digital – yeap, you need not be some gym instructor or a nutritionist; you too can do it.

Melissa:  Hey Kaka, first things first let me thank you for honouring my invitation. Tell me about your fitness journey, when did you start?

Kaka: Hello to you too; I started this fitness journey in February this year. 

Melissa: What fitness program are you taking part in?

Kaka: I use the NIKE+ RUN CLUB APP.

Melissa: How does that work?

Kaka: It’s basically an app that surrounds you with everyone and everything you need to run better. 

So what one does is to set a goal then with motivation from millions of other runners and guidance around every turn, it helps you out in reaching your goal.

Melissa: WOW! That is pretty interesting. Is it something you do every day? 

Kaka: No, I do it once a week for now though I hope to get there. I run on Saturdays, every Saturday from 4:30/4:45 depending on how warm the bed is.

Melissa: Any progress thus far?

Kaka: OH YES, I am a lot more FIT right now, my STAMINA has improved a great deal, my PSYCHOLOGICAL HEALTH is also a lot better. I am HARDIER and MORE PRODUCTIVE at work. I get my bread from being creative and for those juices to flow, one needs to be fit. Besides the ‘6-pack’ is always a welcome image, yeah?

Melissa: Ha-ha, I guess so.  Tell me about your DIET, has it changed? If yes, how?

Kaka: I basically eat normal food, but I had to eat more WHOLE FOODS as well as cut down on the meats and the caffeine’s and alcohol. I eat a lot of VEGGIES and LEAN PROTEIN. I try to have my diet as BALANCED as possible. 

Melissa: why did you get into fitness if I may ask?

Kaka: Well, it was part of my NEW YEAR’S RESOLUTIONS, though it took me a whole month before I could actually start.

Melissa: Ha-ha, but here we are now mmh.

Kaka: Yes, here we are and we’ve just began.

Melissa: That is so AMAZING; I wish you all the best and I hope that you get to your goal, speaking of, what is your goal?

Kaka: On the run app, there are stages that one gets to depending on the kilometres one covers. I am at yellow right now, which is the lowest bar, so I purpose to get to orange at the moment.

Melissa: Do you have any challenges you are facing in this journey?

Kaka: Heh, more than one I’d say; getting out of bed is a task to be begin with, the constant cravings to binge – though I have diet cheat days, running for a constant 8 kilometres is no easy feat.  It is not an easy one but it is worth it.

Melissa: GREAT!  It gets easier with time… Thank you so much for this interview; all the best and pop in to tell us more on your journey.

Kaka: Yes it does. Thank you for having me.

There you have it guys, the interview was a lot longer than I could write. Kaka invited me to one of his runs and I will let you know how that goes. 

See IT is very possible. Comment and tell me about your fitness journey. 

Let’s do this- break a sweat!